kritteln

Betekenis (Engels)

to quibble, cavil, nitpick

Concepten

chicaneren

Synoniemen

nörgeln

herumkritteln

herumkritisieren

meckern

pöbeln

nörgeln, kritteln

schikanieren

Vertalingen

criticar

quibble

ergoter

find fault

chicane

épiloguer

criticar

chicanar

sofismar

bahane aramak

μεμψιμοιρώ

kusur bulmak

μικρολογώ

cavil

Dialecten

Basel-Landschaft

gryttele

Basel-Landschaft

grytle

Basel-Landschaft

näggele

Basel-Landschaft

niggele

Gegevens verstrekt door: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkrɪtəln/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: greten

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: graz

In summary

From gritteln (“to irritate, bicker, rebuke, nitpick”, 17th c.), which is plausibly an iterative form of Middle Low German gretten (“to anger, irritate”). Compare Dutch greten (“to irritate, mock, laugh at”). These are cognate with Middle High German graz (“rage”). Variants with k- occur also in Dutch and Low German. They were reinforced, however, through influence of Kritik (“criticism”), kritisieren (“to criticise”), with which the German verb is generally associated.